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Jon Hopkins - Opalescent

Label:
Catalog#:
TAO 006
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
30 Jul 2001
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklist

1   Elegiac 6:21
2   Private Universe 5:36
3   Halcyon 5:01
4   Opalescent 2:09
5   Lost In Thought 6:17
6   Fading Glow 6:57
7   Apparition 2:02
8   Inner Peace 4:50
9   Cerulean 3:54
10   Grace 4:14
11   Cold Out There 3:53
12   Afterlife 4:00

Credits

Artwork By - Jon Hopkins
Artwork By [Sleeve Design] - Ryan Art
Guitar - Leo Abrahams
Mastered By - Simon Heyworth
Other [Production Coordinator] - Modo Production
Photography - Nick Jell
Producer, Written-By, Performer - Jon Hopkins

Notes

"This extraordinary debut uniquely combines the light with the dark, the beautiful with the mysterious, in a glorious atmosphere where the world of trip hop beats and chill out are made Jon's own personal domain. Sometimes eerie, sometimes majestic, but always profoundly musical."

℗ MM1 Just Music © MM1 Just Publishing
All papers used are recycled or from sustainable forests.
An ABSOLUTE ZERO production

"I feel I could spend my whole life here watching the world and the weather move around me"
Phil Robinson

EAN/Barcode: 6 77603 00062 3
CD matrix ring: IFPILY33 TAO006 01 IFPI AEW17

Released as a 6-panel Digipak.

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Review by Richardlanfranc May 01, 2009
Hmm

Heard alot of good stuff about this CD, there are glowing reviews on amazon. Ultimately I found it pretty disappointing. Jon Hopkins, I read, went to the Royal Academy of Music but if he learned anything really interesting there, i dont think it shows on this CD. Yes, it's all compentently written chill-out-electronic-ambient tunage. Yes, it's all very unthreatening and, if it hasn't been already, you will probably hear tunes from it used as backing music for some documentary or advert or something. But really, it's not that interesting. It reminded me of 1990s ambient-dub with better production and less excitement. Frankly IMO you are better off getting some original 1990s ambient-dub such as The Higher Intelligence Agency, Sounds from the Ground, Adham Shaikh
Rated 5/5
Review by Bowers Sep 01, 2007 (edited over 2 years ago)
This is a masterpiece.
There are tracks on here that will make the hairs on your back stand up as its quite haunting in parts like 'Elegiac' which opens the album and the stunning 'Inner Peace'...but my favourite track is 'Cold Out There'.
Pure emotions, pure genius.